Coin-receptacle.



L. F. HAWLEY.

GOIN REGEP'IACLE. AyPLIcATIoN FILED Nom?l 1904.

929,216. Patented July 27, 1909.

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LOUIS F. HAWLEY, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

COIN-RE GEPTA CLE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 27, 1909.

Application filed November 2, 1904. Serial No. 231,091.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, Louis F. HAWLEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, anda resident of Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented a certain new and Improved Coin-Receptacle,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the class of devices in which coins may bedeposited and having means for preventing the extraction of the coin,and the objects of my invention are to provide a device of this class inwhich the coins can be removed only by taking the device apart g and afurther object is to provide a device of this class that can be takenapart only after removing a seal; and a further object is to provide adevice in which the coins are always in view.

A form of device in the use of which these objects may be attained isillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a viewin side elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a bottom view. Fig. 3 is adetail view in section through the bottom showing the means for sealingthe rods and nuts. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the guard forthe mouth of the receptacle. Fig. 5 is a detail view showing a modifiedform of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the numeral l denotes a base and thenumeral 2 a head, which parts may be constructed of any desired materialand have any desired form. In the preferred form of the device theseparts are constructed of metal and may be made in any fanciful shape orplain. In the form of device adopted for illustrating the invention thehead is made to represent the head of an animal and the base is made torepresent the feet thereof. The base and head are each provided with arecess 2a respectively, these recesses being referably round as to formto receive a tuliular body 3. This body is preferably constructed ofcylindrical form and of a size to receive coins of a predetermined,denomination, the form shown the device being adapted to receive dimes.This body is constructed of glass, the ends of which project into andclosely fit the recesses 2 in the base and head. The base may beprovided with standards 1b, in the form shown these standards beingformed in the shape of the paws or feet of the animal.

Rods 4 project from the base to the head, these rods being secured toboth of said parts, and the ends of the rods being sealed to preventtampering with the fastening. It is obvious that this sealing may beprovided at either end of the rod, but in the preferred form of deviceeach of the rods 4 are secured to the head 2 and the opposite endsproject through openings in the base into the recess la. Nuts 4athreaded end of the rods thus firmly uniting the head and base andsecuring the body in position.

A particular advantage of the arrangement herein described resides inthe compensation for tubes of various lengths and inequalities in theconstruction of the parts. By using a recessed head and base inconjunction with the clamping rods 4, variations in the parts may occurwithout causing unusual trouble in assembling. The nuts 4a with the rods4 serve to clamp the parts firmly together and when once in position thesealing material completely covers and incloses each of the clampingmembers or rods, absolutely preventing tampering with the device withoutdetection. A further advantage follows from the very construction of thebarrel 3 of the receptacle and the clamping and sealing arrangements bywhich the barrel may be bodily removed from the base and head. When thebarrel is once filled with coins they are stacked in position to berolled into a package, and by removing the base or head the whole numberof coins may be removed in stacked relation ready for rolling. A seal 5is then lled into the recess la, completely covering the ends of therods and also the nuts 4a. This seal may be formed of any material,plaster-ofparis havingbeen found to serve the purpose. It will thus beseen that after the parts are united and the seal placed in position itwill be impossible to take the device apart without detection.

The head 2 is provided with an opening or mouth 2b and within this mouthor opening a guard is formed. In the form shown in Fig. 1 this guard'consists of a pivoted trap 6 mounted on a pin 7 extending across theopening into the receptacle. A tongue 8 is also pivoted to this pin.From this construction it will be seen that the trap 6 will allow a cointo pass into the receptacle, but should the receptacle be inverted forthe purpose of extracting a coin the trap 6 will fall into position toclose the opening through the mouth.

are secured on the screwV In the form of device illustrated in Fig. 5 ofthe drawings the head 9 is formed the shape of a globe through which theopening 1.0 for the reception of, a coin is formed. projection 11 isformed on the interior of the head through which the opening l() extendsfor the delivery of a coin into the chamber 12 from which it isdischarged through the throat 13 into the banlr. It will, of course, beunderstood` that the recess 14 is for the reception. of thebody of thedevice indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and, in this instance thebase may be formed in any desired shape.

It is obvious that the details of construe tion may be departed from toquite a degree without avoiding the inventionV and I do not desire tolimit myself to the exact means shown and describedl hereinl forcarrying out my invention.

The term head has been used` herein to describe the top of the deviceand it will be understood lthat this term includes broadlyv any devicehaving a top with a base and means `for uniting them. The seal. as defscribed herein constitutes infact a lock, and it will be ,understoodthat I do not limit my-V self `merely to a seal -for securing theparts,but that any form of lock will be understood as coming within the scopeof the invention. As yshown herein the tubular body Y and openingthrough the head are made vof a relative size to admit acoin of acertain denomination, so that but little space willbe left between theinterior oflfthis tubular body and the periphery of the coin. This is ofespecial advantage in that itto a considerable degree preyients theextraction of a coin through the iea What I doclaim and desireto secureby Letters Patent is:

1. In a coin,V receptacle, al tubular body part oftransparent material,a head anda ase each havingon their facingsurfaces a recesscof a sizeand shape to itsaid body that rests with its ends on the bottom of saidrecess, means exteriorly arrangedto saidbody part and extending betweenthe headand base and through the latter into a seal recess therein,means located in said seal recess for clamping the head, base and bodytogether, and a seal filling said recess and covering and protecting theclamping means.

2, In a coin receptacle, a body oftransparent material, a base piecehaving a seal recess on its under surface and a body recess on itsopposite surface of a size and sha e to fit said body, a headprovidedwith; a lbody recess of a size and shape to iit said body andwith an opening through said `head into said -recess, rods extendingbetween the head and base-through the latter into the seal recess,clamping means for securing the rods with reference to the head, baseand bodypart, and a seal com letely covering said `securing means and'lling the recess.

3. In a coin receptacle, a base piece having a seal recess and a bodyrecess, a head provided with a body recess and a coin opening, acylindrical body of transparent material having its ends located in thebody recess of the head and base and with a tubular open-` ingsubstantially equal to the diameter of the coin to be received, rodslocated between the head and base and extending through said base intothe seal recess, clamping means for securing the rods withreferencetothe head,

base and body part, and a seal completely covering said securing lmeansand llmg the recess,

4. In a, coin receptacle, a hollow, globeshapedfhead havinga projectionon its innerwall extending approximately to the center of the globe,acoin opening formed throughv said projection and lying in a planesubstantially at right angles to the axis of a-body part, a supportingbase, a cylindrical body part of transparent materialintermediate theeadand base, removable means exteriorcto thebody part for clamping thehead, base and body art in position,andaseal for inclosing securing theclamping means.

LOUIS I". I-IAWLEY.

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